Freya Seemann's List: Space and Geometry

I like how this site gives visual and animated representation of prism nets so that the children can fully understand how a shape is formed. Students would then create their own nets and explore how many different nets can make the same prism

Tessellation is an important part in geometry, it teaches students about repetition or pattern, and shapes.

building blocks are great for learning spatial awareness and relationships, and geometry. blocks achieve this by dramatic play (Smith, S. S. (2009). Early childhood mathematics (4 ed. pg 195 -198). Upper Saddle RIver, NJ: Pearson Educations, Inc.).

This would be a good and fun way to introduce perspective when teaching geography. It could then lead into the students making their own perspective photos or videos, this being with themselves or making Claymation’s. Just like what reading SG6 (Morrow, 1991) refers to, the making of the students own perspective videos and photos promote active involvement both physically and mentally guiding students in their own knowledge process. Reading SG4 (Clements & Sarama, 2000) talks about constructive blocks as being an important part of learning perspective. Young students would be able to look at the blocks from different angles and distances creating perspective illusions. Sperry Smith (2009, p. 195) also explains block building as "one of the most meaningful tools for self-education". Block building for both boys and girls enables dramatic play and encourages the learning of spatial awareness. This ad coves the Mathematics outcome SGS3.1 (Board of Studies, 2002, p. 183) and the Science and Technology outcome UT S3.9 (Board of Studies, 2006b, p. 17).

This has a good idea behind it, in theory. I stil believe that students need Physical and real manipulatives that they can touch and feel things to have a proper understanding of a subject area. Teachers could however draw shapes and objects of the IWB and then the children copy what on the IWB with real life manipulatives such as geoboards.